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In <519993371wnr@brammer.demon.co.uk>, work@brammer.demon.co.uk (Steve Brammer) writes:
>Hi,
>
>We have a PC set up as a dual boot machine running DOS and OS/2. We 
>backed-up the machine to a DAT tape while it was booted under DOS 
>(we are using a tried and tested backup method we have used sucessfully 
>many times before on DOS machines).
>
>After restoring the backup to another PC we find that we cannot boot 
>that machine under OS/2.
>
>To try and boot it in OS/2 I first of all booted under DOS and then 
>executed 'C:\OS2\BOOT /OS2' and then rebooted the machine. The machine 
>starts to boot OK and displays the OS/2 startup screen but then hangs 
>with a 'clock' mouse cursor while trying to build the OS/2 desktop 
>display.
>
>Can anyone think of any reason why I am experiencing these problems?
>
>The machine the backup was made on is a 486/DX 66.
>The machine the backup was restored to is a Pentium 90MHz.
>The version of DOS is 6.20.
>The version of OS/2 is 2.1.

You need to use an OS/2 backup program; DOS programs don't properly
backup the OS/2 extended attributes.

Cheers,
Brad